Textile trimming material



TEXTILE TRIMMING MATERIAL Filed Aug. 29, 1931 INVENTOR STATES l,930,l2l

TEXTILE TRlllllllt/NG MATERAL a corporation of New York ApplicationAugust 29, 1931. Serial No. 560,664

7 Claims.

o textile trimming 1naobyect the invention to le a simple, practical andinexpensive ning material which may be used -iso as boas and as ornaohave the textile trime provided y.- a quill or seam and barbs inimitation e` a natural feather, wlale ci a thread, such cheu some othersuitable nuliy substance.

'er object to provide the textile trim'- ial with a cen binder to holdits also, where necessary, to

and have the a feat-h Nfrei/"ide the tex fl l hinders wh lpleyecl inmaking up the ie binder oeing detri. 1rape.

o ovide a strip of ith i may be made y material havwhereby a natural heimparted to tme strip tion of th sheen of a eath strip have a egree threto.

the abovappear ei seine substance having the "lable wire to impart to atile trimming material the semi.- tial rigidity ci a quill or stem of isto provide a strip of textile l with superposed transverse to have theappearance of or ers. @ther objects and aims of the invention, mor-u nethan those referred to above, will t obvious and in part pointed out in`.e of the following description of the (Cl. lll- 15) taken a part oithis specication, and in which 1 have chown merely a preferred form oiembodiment ei the invention:

Fig. l is a agme'ntary plan view o one modilication oi a strip ci mytextile rimming 1nate 60 rial.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of'another modification or" a sv ci mytextile trimming materialA Fig. 'e is a fragmentary plan view of a still65 other modifi-:ation er a strip of my textile niaterial. g

Fig. e is an enlarged section on the line IV-IV of nig. 1. y

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view Von the 70 line V-V of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 a perspective View of a inodication of my textile trimmingmaterial having the apn pearance ci a plume;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional perspec- 75 tive View of a modffcationci my textile trirnming material having the appearance oi a boa.

Referring to the drawing for describing in detail the article which isillustrated therein, the y reference character 11 indicates a continuousS@ thread of a suitable 'fluffy textile substance, such as chenille, and12 discontinuous lengths of the same thread, employed for forming themain body of my textile trimming material. y

A central binding strip 13 is employed in the S5 modifications shown inl and 3 to hold the elements 11 or l2 together in the form of a band orwide strip and to impart thereto a degree of semi-rigidity when desired.

Horse hair looking wiry elements 14, such as 99 horse hair are shown inFigs. 1 and 2 as employed to stiien the elements 11 and to impartthereto an intermittent lustre or sheen in imitation of the appearancevof the harbs of lues of plumage, as in Fig. 3. 95

The elements 14 may be continuous as in Figs. 1 and 2; they may also bediscontinuous, if desired.

In the modilicaticn shown in Fig. 2 a pair of lateral binding strips 15are einployed'and 100 the central strip 13 of Fig. 1 is omitted.

Lateral binding strips 15 may also be employed in the modification shownin Fig. l in addition to the central strip 13.

A central stiffening wire or re-inforcement 16 105 is employed toincrease the degree of rigidity of the 'central strip 13 of Fig. 1 andalso to form the core of the central stem 17 of the modification 'shownin Fig. 6, this stem 1'7 may be similar in its constituent elements tothe 110 strip 13, only being more or less round in shape to have theappearance of a quill or stern of a plume.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the threads 12 are discontinuous inorder more nearly to resemble barbs of plumes or feathers and are kepttogether by means of a central binding strip 13.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 the threads may be in partcontinuous as at 11 and in part discontinuous as at 12, but preferablydiscontinuous as at 12.

In the modification shown in'Fig. 7 successive layers of strips oftextile trimming material such as shown in Fig. 3 may be superposed oneach other to form a body similar to a boa. A single pair of bindingstrips 13 may also be employed to connect transverse layers of threads12 superposed on each other.

It will be understood that the glossy fibres or horse-hair lookingelements 14 are held into the structure by the central binding stripmeans 13, and by the edge binding strip means l5 when present, that theyextend in loose but general parallelism with the threads 11*12 ofchenille or the like so that they are more or less promiscuously butevenly distributed throughout the strip and impart a pleasing andattractive sheen to the finished material, as it bends and sways inuse,ralso that they possess a degree of stiffness sufiicient so thatwhen attached at both ends as in Figs. 1 and 2 they hold Vthe relativelylimp threads of chenille properly distended transversely of the stripand the finished strip normally in a suitably smooth and flat condition.

It will be further understood that wherever a wire is employed the sameis intended to be suitably pliable to serve its intended purpose of atonce providing `a desired stiffness and of holding the strip, and insome instances, the boa, or boa-like material suggested in Fig. 7, in arelativelyset position into which it may be bent.

Although the glossyv fibres 14 are not directly connected with thethreads of chenille they are nevertheless in such close relation theretothat when the finished material is viewed from a little distance theyproduce in appearance a very satisfactory representation of the smallglossy quills of the fiues.

In order to further give to the finished material the appearance of anatural feather the wire 16, or the main quill 17, as thecase may be,may be made up of a glossy material so that it will more nearlyrepresent the quill of a feather.

AAs'many changes could vbe made in this construction without departingfrom the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, itis intended that all matter contained inthe above description, or showninthe accompanying drawing, shall be interpreted as illustrative onlyand not, in a limitingsense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l.-As an article of manufacture a strip or" textile trimming material.composed of transversely disposed threads of ya fluffy substanceaggregated into'a strip,.and a means for holding the threads together,thereby forming said strip, said holding `means comprising centrallongitudinal binding means and lateral longitudinal binding meanssecured to said threads.

2. As an article of manufacture a strip of textile trimming materialcomposed of transversely disposed threads of a fiuffy substanceaggregated into a strip, and a means for holding the threads together,thereby forming said strip, said holding means comprising centrallongitudinal binding means and lateral longitudinal binding meanssecured to said threads, combined with glossy libres interspersed amongthe fluffy threads to impart to said strip a degree of lustre the middleportions of said fibres being held in ,position by said central bindingmeans and the ends of said fibres by said lateral binding means.

3. A strip of textile trimming material, composed of transverselydisposed threads of. a

fiuiiy substance aggregated into a strip and a central longitudinalbinding means for holding said threads together, combined withrelatively stiff fibres interspersed among the lufy threads andconnected to said strip, said fibres extending substantially straightfrom said central binding means transversely to the latter.

4. As an article of manufacture, a strip of textile trimming materialcomposed of transversely disposed threads of a fluffy substanceaggregated into a strip, means for holding the threads together in stripformation, and other transversely disposed threads of a non-fiufy glossymaterial arranged to stiiien said first threads and to impart to thestrip a desired lustre.

5. As an article of manufacture, a strip of textile trimming materialcomposed of transversely disposed threads of a fluffy substanceaggregated into a strip, means for holding the threads together in stripformation, and other transversely disposed threads of a non-flufiyglossy material interspersed at intervals amongst the first threads andconnected therewith so as to stifien said nrst threads and to impart tothe strip a desired lustre.

6. As an article of manufacture, a strip of textile trimming materialcomposed of transversely disposed threads of a iiuify substanceaggregated into a strip, means for holding the threads together in stripformation, and other transversely disposed threads of a non-fiufiyglossy material interspersed at intervals amongst the first threads andconnected therewith and with said means for holding the threads togetherthereby to hold the threads in a desired relation to each other and tosaid means which holds the threads together, and to stiffen said rstthreads and to impart to the strip a desired lustre.

'7. As an article of manufacture, a strip or' textile trimming materialcomposed of transversely disposed threads of a fluffy substanceaggregated into a strip, means for holding the threads together in stripformation, and a series of relatively stiff fibres interspersed amongstthe fluffy threads and connected to said strip, said iibres beingconnected to the strip at the longitudinal central portion of the stripand each extending laterally of the strip and being connected with theouter end portions of said fluffy threads to serve in holding saidthreads in position extending transversely of the strip.

ALBERT K. BILLSTEIN.

